Course Reflection

Before this class started I was feeling a little apprehensive due to the fact it was a condensed course occurring over one of the busiest times of the year. After watching the introduction video by our professor (Darcy McNee), however, I felt a little better. I found that these weekly video updates were very useful in planning my week and also helped me feel comfortable approaching Darcy with questions or concerns.

The textbook for this course, Why School? by Will Richardson was easy to read and discussion flowed naturally. I appreciated that the textbook was short and that it was used for the discussion each week.

This was my fist time completing a blog based course which took a week or two to get used to. Putting my thoughts out there for all to see made me nervous but the comments of my classmates helped me to see that what I had to say was appreciated and worth while.

I loved that for the final project we were given freedom to research an area of interest. As I've mentioned many times, I don't yet work in the library so this gave me an opportunity to choose a crossover topic that I could use both in the classroom and in the future as a teacher librarian. I feel excited about the resource I have created and feel like I have learned something new about ways to present information.

One of my goals in taking the TL Diploma program is to learn new technology and web based resources. I have definitely accomplished that goal through this course using Lucidchart in my first blog post to create a flowchart, and then using Symbaloo and Adobe Spark in my final project.

I think other than the academic benefits of taking this course one of the biggest things I have noticed is that I feel more confident sharing my ideas. I am thankful that Darcy required us to post and share our ideas. I wouldn't have done anything like this on my own.